A Guantanamo Bay military judge has dealt a blow to Canadian Omar Khadr&#8217;s legal case: All the confessions the prosecution wanted to submit at his war-crimes trial are fair game.

The decision, coming late Monday afternoon, supports the prosecution&#8217;s argument that threats of gang rape and alleged abuse in one interrogation do not taint confessions in another.

It dramatically strengthens the most serious charge against Mr. Khadr &#8211; that of murdering a U.S. Army sergeant in an Afghan firefight at the age of 15. If convicted, the 23-year-old could face life imprisonment.

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In May hearings, a man identified as Interrogator 1 said in testimony that he threatened Mr. Khadr with being gang-raped to death if he did not co-operate. That interrogator was later identified as former U.S. Army Sergeant Joshua Claus. He has also been convicted of abusing a different detainee and has left the military.

Mr. Khadr&#8217;s military-appointed lawyer, Lieutenant-Colonel Jon Jackson, argued this instance, as well as other alleged instances of torture and coercion, are enough to render any future confessions &#8211; even those in so-called &#8220;clean&#8221; interrogations &#8211; inadmissible in court.

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Military judge Colonel Patrick Parrish sided with the prosecution.

&#8220;The government has met its burden,&#8221; he said. &#8220;The motion to suppress the accused&#8217;s statements is denied.&#8221;

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While if he is guilty of the crime, he should be convicted.

Though, maybe it's just me, but perhaps we should take a step back and look at what's going on when we have a interrogator threatening someone with being gang raped to death if they do not co-operate.

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